"I thought I knew how corrupt modem society could be; but I did not know how unsoundness had darted to its very core till I began to read law, and to understand the estimate which that puts upon women and chastity."
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Essayists from the United StatesWomen authors from the United StatesWomen born in the 19th centuryFeminists from the United States
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Notable Thoughts about Women, p. 360, no. 3085
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Caroline Healey Dall
Caroline Wells Dall (née Healey; June 22, 1822 – December 17, 1912) was an American feminist writer, transcendentalist, and reformer.
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